Tallahassee, and nature's plans for us

(Quick note: we're a little behind with these blog posts, but we'll catch up in the next few days!)

Our second stop in the US was Tallahassee, to visit my old friend Justin, his wife Nykie, their dog Bailey and their lil baby Harlow. We weren't prepared for quite how cute Harlow is! She fell instantly in love with Reka.

Justin and I had big plans to make music while I was visiting (Justin is a music producer), and we were hoping to see the Florida beach, explore the city, see some live music, etc. However, early in the morning on the third day of our visit, three (!) tornadoes struck Tallahassee, the worst weather event in decades to hit the city. We were all fine, but I was shocked later that day when driving around to get petrol: trees uprooted, roofs peeled from houses like can lids, debris everywhere. Power was out across most of the city, scuppering our music plans (which had suddenly been bumped way down the priority list).

Although of course the lack of power and damaged infrastructure changed our plans, we made the most of it: Justin broke out his acoustic guitar, Nykie her saxophone, we played lots of board games, had a barbeque, tried some local fast food (the generator wasn't powerful enough to drive the cooker), and we spent lots of quality time with our wonderful hosts who we can't thank enough.

Two days after we left, we finally got word from Justin that power had been restored.

-AlexRead more